how to use enter key in katalon recorder chrome extension?

[souravdas.sd330]

I’m using katalon recorder chrome extension to record my testcase. I want to record my keyboard enter keypress. however the recorder is not recording my enter keypress and there is not enough documentation on how to add a enter keypress in katalon recorder. I have tried sendkeys keyword but its not working. Any easier way to do this?

[albert.vu]

Hi @souravdas.sd330,

Welcome to Katalon Community!

It seems this is an issue that many of our members have faced in the past, I found some of their workarounds in the links below, please let us know if any of them works for you

How to simulate ENTER Key Press in Katalon Studio?

I do it as the example and it’s works for me but maybe you are confusing to use the keyword “Send Keys” so I’m going to try to explain you step by step. 1.- Add a new “Web UI Keyword” 2.- Choose the keyword “Send Keys” 3.- Doubleclick on the object column and find the object that you want to send the key (they original value to your object is null) 4.- Doubleclick on the Input column. Katalon will show you a new modal with others columns. 5.- Change the value type “String” to “Keys” 6.- D…

SendKeys Syntax to Send Enter or Return

I want to inform that the CSS locator limitation has been removed. From now on you can use for example “sendKeys | | ${KEY_ENTER}” to press Enter key in Chrome.

Katalon Recorder sendKeys Not Working

Hi @koen.rens Thank you for your report. Currently, KR only works for a string or single special keys such as ${KEY_ENTER} or ${KEY_CTRL}, etc. We will see if it can be done and inform you when there’s news.